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a few of us, sadly are lost. to kill an elderly veteran or a young ferner like chris lane is obviously sub human behavior proving nothing but that a fringe of the black community has the potential to be as sub human as james holmes and michael hill who this week walked into a georgia school with an ak-47 and 500 rounds stopped by an unarmed sister. her courage and fortitude in the fate of death and winning personality are qualities that helped propel the original civil rights movement. now we need a new one, an charismatic brilliant leader who can be speak truth to power in just the rightway, that can speak in the back rooms to get things done and who can take over from the civil rights movement leaders who still people the national stage. maybe an it sounds like i'm talking about a moses who will led lead us to the promised land about we need people to lead us out of this of structural racism. we were told the moral arc of the universe bends towards justice and lord knows, we're still waiting for it to come arou
a few of us, sadly are lost. to kill an elderly veteran or a young ferner like chris lane is obviously sub human behavior proving nothing but that a fringe of the black community has the potential to be as sub human as james holmes and michael hill who this week walked into a georgia school with an ak-47 and 500 rounds stopped by an unarmed sister. her courage and fortitude in the fate of death and winning personality are qualities that helped propel the original civil rights movement. now we...
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bobby, thanks for joining us. i guess i'll pick it up where we left it off at the end of the last statement with mark ginsburg. that is the issue of the weight of the red line comment that obama made over a year ago are factoring into all of this. i always got the impression when he made the red line statement last august, when you looked at subsequent statements even before this, over the next six months, it seems there was an attempt to not use the term again almost as if they regretted it. do you get the sense that the white house now if it could have that back would take that back? >> yes, i do get that sense, but it's not just that. there were two statements. there was the red line statement and then there was the assad has to go statement. those two i think if they had to do this over again, they'd want to take it back. that is not to say the white house wouldn't still be in a quandary today even if they hadn't made those statements. if it turns out that several hundred syrians had been killed and laws had b
bobby, thanks for joining us. i guess i'll pick it up where we left it off at the end of the last statement with mark ginsburg. that is the issue of the weight of the red line comment that obama made over a year ago are factoring into all of this. i always got the impression when he made the red line statement last august, when you looked at subsequent statements even before this, over the next six months, it seems there was an attempt to not use the term again almost as if they regretted it....
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america has lost too much influence among us. you no longer stand by us. it was quite a message to the obama administration that its support, at least within the militar military, was evaporated. >> given what you just said, the birth of a democracy is and has always been a rather messy and bloody process. so in terms of action, can the obama administration be reasonably expected to do anything other than this? do we have that tape? >> the world is -- what is happening in cairo. we urge the government in egypt and all parties in egypt to refrain from violence and resolve their differences peacefully. >> basically issuing a statement. is the president right to keep the united states at arm's length from what's happening in egypt? >> the president has to navigate the anger and resentment that's now felt on both sides of the equation in egypt. let's remember, we have a stake in egypt's stability for the regional goals and objectives of u.s. foreign policy, jonathan. not only the camp david accords, not only its role in counterterrorism against islamists and t
america has lost too much influence among us. you no longer stand by us. it was quite a message to the obama administration that its support, at least within the militar military, was evaporated. >> given what you just said, the birth of a democracy is and has always been a rather messy and bloody process. so in terms of action, can the obama administration be reasonably expected to do anything other than this? do we have that tape? >> the world is -- what is happening in cairo. we...
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stay with us, josh. i want to bring in nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell from d.c. refusing a meeting with vladimir putin seems to me like a cold-war mind set. does it seem that way to you? >> that certainly is the temperature. although, foreign minister lavrov is having a briefing at the end of his talks today with john kerry and chuck hagel. he's briefing over at the russian embassy. he started out by saying it's really good they're getting together at the minister level. he seems to be trying to smooth things over a little bit. some of the the russians don't like the fact that president obama when he went on jay leno the other night here on nbc said there seems to be backsliding to a cold war mentality. putin is a former kgb leader a former top spy. he doesn't like to be reminded of that. that only came after the turn down on edward snowden, the problems we've had with them on russia. so it's a pretty bad past. some experts believe that president obama believes there's no reset
stay with us, josh. i want to bring in nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell from d.c. refusing a meeting with vladimir putin seems to me like a cold-war mind set. does it seem that way to you? >> that certainly is the temperature. although, foreign minister lavrov is having a briefing at the end of his talks today with john kerry and chuck hagel. he's briefing over at the russian embassy. he started out by saying it's really good they're getting together at the...
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david joins us now. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> you talk in the book about how genes teach us that a lot of sports advice doesn't necessarily apply specifically the idea that you should keep your eye on the ball. you write about how that's actually impossible because it takes a fifth of a second for the retina at the back of the eye -- you can see, you know the eye is red. it takes a fifth of a second to go from the back of the eye to process the ball, move across the si napss to get to a place where you know what you're doing. you write baseball players are actually aiming their bat and swinging before the ball comes halfway towards them. explain how that fits into genetics. >> so i thought that baseball players just had faster reflexes. turns out, it's absolutely not the case. that's why pro softball players can strike out the best baseball players. the bare minimum time it takes to initiate muscular action is half the total flight time of a major league pitch. just to initiate m
david joins us now. thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> you talk in the book about how genes teach us that a lot of sports advice doesn't necessarily apply specifically the idea that you should keep your eye on the ball. you write about how that's actually impossible because it takes a fifth of a second for the retina at the back of the eye -- you can see, you know the eye is red. it takes a fifth of a second to go from the back of the eye to process the ball, move...
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now hillary takes us there. it wasn't exactly an endorsement, but a compliment, you could definitely say that. barbara bush, daughter of george w. bush, told "people" magazine hillary clinton should run in 2016. she stopped short of saying she'd vote for her, but said clinton is, quote, unbelievably accomplished. at a dark time in politics when it seems the parties can't even agree on what they disagree about, that goes a long way. we need more barbara bushes in the beltway. it was a pleasant surprise to hear from her. she's not the first one in her family to speak positively about the clintons. george w. bush has come out and said she knows what it means to work under pressure. regardless of how you view the clintons or the bushes, both families know what public service is all about or what public service should be all about. you know, ultimately it should be about getting results. it should be about making people's lives better. unfortunately, we've lost sight of that in politics today. if you give someone a c
now hillary takes us there. it wasn't exactly an endorsement, but a compliment, you could definitely say that. barbara bush, daughter of george w. bush, told "people" magazine hillary clinton should run in 2016. she stopped short of saying she'd vote for her, but said clinton is, quote, unbelievably accomplished. at a dark time in politics when it seems the parties can't even agree on what they disagree about, that goes a long way. we need more barbara bushes in the beltway. it was a...
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stay with us. toure, you're giggling. >> as usual, you make it awkward and want to lay in the awkwardness. >>> up next, not more slim shady, but if you look up and wave, there could be a drone overhead right here in america. we'll tell you how. [ phil ] when you have joint pain and stiffness... accomplishing even little things can become major victories. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. when i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, my rheumatologist prescribed enbrel for my pain and stiffness, and to help stop joint damage. [ male announcer ] enbrel may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, nervous system and blood disorders, and allergic reactions have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. you should not start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if yo
stay with us. toure, you're giggling. >> as usual, you make it awkward and want to lay in the awkwardness. >>> up next, not more slim shady, but if you look up and wave, there could be a drone overhead right here in america. we'll tell you how. [ phil ] when you have joint pain and stiffness... accomplishing even little things can become major victories. i'm phil mickelson, pro golfer. when i was diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis, my rheumatologist prescribed enbrel for my pain...
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you know, they can catch us at some inprecision on something, in light of that, it makes sense for us to go ahead, lay out what exactly we're doing, have a discussion with congress, have a discussion with industry, which is also impacted by this, have a discussion with civil libertarians and see can we do this better? i think the main thing i want to
you know, they can catch us at some inprecision on something, in light of that, it makes sense for us to go ahead, lay out what exactly we're doing, have a discussion with congress, have a discussion with industry, which is also impacted by this, have a discussion with civil libertarians and see can we do this better? i think the main thing i want to
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all i can say is it has worked well for us. humans. even when we cross our "ts" and dot our "i's", we still run into problems. that's why liberty mutual insurance offers accident forgiveness with our auto policies. if you qualify, your rates won't go up due to your first accident. because making mistakes is only human, and so are we. we also offer new car replacement, so if you total your new car, we'll give you the money for a new one. call liberty mutual insurance at... and ask us all about our auto features, like guaranteed repairs, where if you get into an accident and use one of our certified repair shops, the repairs are guaranteed for life. so call... to talk with an insurance expert about everything that comes standard with our base auto policy. and if you switch, you could save up to $423. liberty mutual insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer
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criminologists don't like using numbers like that. we like to talk in more long-term trends, 5, 10 years. it could be something as simple as the weather, frankly. >> there's something to that, too. in july, the crime rate, homicide rate always goes up. looking more long term, the rise in the number of police over the last 20, 30 years. the waning of the crack epidemic has had a huge impact over the last 20 years. let me get your opinion about steven levity of freak could he no, ma'am mix fame raises that the abortion rates, abortion being legal since the '70s, has made an impact on the crime rate. i'm not sure if i buy it but he's all in behind it. what do you think about that? >> i respect steve's work a lot and he's done that work with one of -- he was my former colleague at the university of chicago and he did that work, i believe, with another of my former colleagues, john donnahue who's now at stanford. i think other people have weighed in to assess the merits and the demerits of that work, but i do think that the point of that p
criminologists don't like using numbers like that. we like to talk in more long-term trends, 5, 10 years. it could be something as simple as the weather, frankly. >> there's something to that, too. in july, the crime rate, homicide rate always goes up. looking more long term, the rise in the number of police over the last 20, 30 years. the waning of the crack epidemic has had a huge impact over the last 20 years. let me get your opinion about steven levity of freak could he no, ma'am mix...
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that truth force inside each of us. i see it when a white mother recognizes her own daughter in the face of a poor black child. i see it when the black youth thinks of his own grandfather in the dignified steps of an elderly white man. it's there when the native born recognizing that striving spirit of the new immigrant, when the interracial couple connects the pain of a gay couple who are discriminated against and understands it as their own. that's where courage comes from. when we turn not from each other or on each other but towards one another and we find that we do not walk alone, that's where courage comes from. and with that courage we can stand together for good jobs and just wages. with that courage we can stand together for the right to health care in the richest nation on earth for every person. with that courage we can stand together for the right of every child from the corners to get an education that stirs the mind and captures the spirit and prepares them for the world that awaits them. with that courag
that truth force inside each of us. i see it when a white mother recognizes her own daughter in the face of a poor black child. i see it when the black youth thinks of his own grandfather in the dignified steps of an elderly white man. it's there when the native born recognizing that striving spirit of the new immigrant, when the interracial couple connects the pain of a gay couple who are discriminated against and understands it as their own. that's where courage comes from. when we turn not...
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facebook ceo mark zuckerberg finds a status he doesn't like, and he's using his global reach to friend more people. >>> the fate of reputed mobster whitey bulger is now in the hands of the jury. >>> plus, more on the embassy closings and a-rod. if it's happening today, it's in "the cycle." >>> president obama just touched down in phoenix. this hour he'll tour a construction company in the hour before laying out his plan for the future of american homeownership. it's a big task indeed. the white house is billing it as a major policy speech in a part of the country that was hit so hard by the housing crisis but has also seen a remarkable comeback. home sales in the phoenix area are up 4% from last year. prices are up more than 18%.
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how could the capture of saddam make us safer? iraq never made us unsafe. i mean, this was a bush administration concoction. even president bush later admitted that saddam had nothing to do with 9/11. there is no comparison to what the controversy is now. the controversy is not should we become a fascist nation with the government spying on us all the time in order to make us 100% safe. nobody believes that. i think what we need is a conversation with the american people fully taking place with their opinions respected about how much surveillance the american people is necessary in order to keep us safe. many smart folks have written about this in editorial pages and so forth. in a democracy, you have to be sure that you have a balance between keeping us safe and preserving what makes us a democracy. >> howard dean, former governor, thank you. >> thanks very much. >>> up next, the quote/unquote hottest politician in america right now. well, it does get me pretty steamed. inside "new york" magazine's cover story all about new jersey governor chris christie.
how could the capture of saddam make us safer? iraq never made us unsafe. i mean, this was a bush administration concoction. even president bush later admitted that saddam had nothing to do with 9/11. there is no comparison to what the controversy is now. the controversy is not should we become a fascist nation with the government spying on us all the time in order to make us 100% safe. nobody believes that. i think what we need is a conversation with the american people fully taking place with...
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it all depends how you use the words in a sentence. if you're talking about the age of a small child, the number of sheep in a field, the number bus that you're having to wait for in the street, you use a different word. sometimes a very different word for the same quantity. there are other cultures that go the other way. there are tribes in the amazonian rain forest that he have no words for counting at all. everything in their world is simply big or small. >> hmm. >> daniel, tell us, why do people feel like time speeds up as they get older? >> well, one explanation that i explore in the book is to do with fractions. fractions sound very boring, often mathematics is taught badly in school. but fractions are fascinating. when you think about it, for a 10-year-old child, one year is 10%. it's one-tenth of his lifetime. so when he thinks back on the year he's just had, it feels like forever. because it's a big fraction. it's a big part of his whole life. whereas for a 50-year-old person, it's a much smaller fraction. it's only 2%. so the
it all depends how you use the words in a sentence. if you're talking about the age of a small child, the number of sheep in a field, the number bus that you're having to wait for in the street, you use a different word. sometimes a very different word for the same quantity. there are other cultures that go the other way. there are tribes in the amazonian rain forest that he have no words for counting at all. everything in their world is simply big or small. >> hmm. >> daniel, tell...
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it's written in us. we're going to catch up -- we are catching up to it. >> i mentioned this brush with death that essentially changed your outlook on life. walk us through what happened and how you look at life differently today than you did when you were making these incredible films. >> the brush with death, because i had been changing my life for a long time. i had been changing it over the course of 10 to 15 years. as i, quote, won, i didn't feel the fruits of that. i felt the fruits when i served others, when i gave myself away in terms of my talent and whatnot. i'm sorry, the question just flew out of my head. >> your outlook now. what changed? >> what changed during my near-death experience was that i faced my fear. i was afraid to talk about the change that happened in my life. i simply -- i changed my life, i had moved to the mobile home park. i gave away most of my resources. >> you lived in a mobile home park? >> yeah, but a it's not what you think. there's a stigma to mobile home parks. they
it's written in us. we're going to catch up -- we are catching up to it. >> i mentioned this brush with death that essentially changed your outlook on life. walk us through what happened and how you look at life differently today than you did when you were making these incredible films. >> the brush with death, because i had been changing my life for a long time. i had been changing it over the course of 10 to 15 years. as i, quote, won, i didn't feel the fruits of that. i felt the...
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with us is michael crowley. michael, it's great to have you. >> thanks for having me. >> i'm going to get right to it. where's the president? >> well, he was keeping a safe distance. for several months john kerry was trying to pull these talks together. he traveled to the region six times. obama was hanging back not saying much about it. he put a little bit of his stamp on things when the talks commenced this week and obama showed up and he met with negotiators, did photo ops and i think it was a sign that was probably necessary because people were saying, where is the president? is john kerry freelancing? did he say, kerry, you go off and give it a try and let me know if it's going somewhere? i think people in the region were wondering how invested the president is. obama's said i'm paying attention. this is important to me. but it still remains to be seen whether he's going to really stick his neck out, take any political risk, try to put anything specific on the table that could come back and bite him. that w
with us is michael crowley. michael, it's great to have you. >> thanks for having me. >> i'm going to get right to it. where's the president? >> well, he was keeping a safe distance. for several months john kerry was trying to pull these talks together. he traveled to the region six times. obama was hanging back not saying much about it. he put a little bit of his stamp on things when the talks commenced this week and obama showed up and he met with negotiators, did photo ops...
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most of us of course just use our cell phones or wireless devices. in fact, in some states, just 25% of homes still use traditional land lines. the technological advancement, however, is fast becoming the new front line in the battle over government regulation with big telecom companies looking to ditch old lines for digital tech. regulators worry it's just an excuse to sacrifice service for savings. okay. this whole thing -- >> we had a little water incident. >> this whole thing makes my head -- >> let's bring in david. >> this whole thing makes my head hurt and my pants wet. so david, could you please explain what this is all about. >> well, jonathan, i can't explain why your pants are wet, but i can explain this. right now we're seeing a transition in how we communicate that's monumental. it's monumental. right now people are using cell phones at an increasing rate. as you pointed out, in some states, only 25% of people use the old-fashioned phone. yet, the regulations on the bookings today are still all about that old-fashioned copper wire. now,
most of us of course just use our cell phones or wireless devices. in fact, in some states, just 25% of homes still use traditional land lines. the technological advancement, however, is fast becoming the new front line in the battle over government regulation with big telecom companies looking to ditch old lines for digital tech. regulators worry it's just an excuse to sacrifice service for savings. okay. this whole thing -- >> we had a little water incident. >> this whole thing...
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police had to intervene using tear gas. they issued a statement afterwards saying the police are going to use live ammunition or they have been authorized to use live ammunition in pushing back protesters attacking buildings or churches. in the past 24 hours there has been a spike in churches across the country. in addition to the protests that we're seeing, we also know that the egyptian armed forces and security forces in the sinai peninsula are coming under attack. at least seven soldiers were killed in an ambush. so overall the situation remains extremely tense. the military remains on a heightened alert and so are security forces across the country. >> matt, in terms of moving forward, is there a right answer for the united states? it seems like we are very much between a rock and a hard place. it seemed we are damned if we do and damned if we don't. many say it's because we backed the muslim brotherhood. >> i think a big problem is we were a handmaden to a military coup. we were talking to morsi saying it's time for y
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they keep us safe. if you have every soldier able to take information and give it to whoever they want, then you're sort of having every soldier having veto power over the military functioning. you're challenging the ability of the military to even be able to function in society. what would you say to that? >> well, i think that there's a number of issues involved in this case. there's a massive problem with overclassification where the government is just reflexively classifying any number of things, not just war crimes, but stuff that isn't even interesting at all. so i think that, you know, that's something we need to look at there. but, you know, brad also didn't really have any recourse. there was at one point that he tried to go expose, for example, that there were iraqi academics that were being turned over to the prime minister's security forces, and he was almost certain they were being tortured. he tried to go report this to his commanding officer, and his commanding officer told him to shut up
they keep us safe. if you have every soldier able to take information and give it to whoever they want, then you're sort of having every soldier having veto power over the military functioning. you're challenging the ability of the military to even be able to function in society. what would you say to that? >> well, i think that there's a number of issues involved in this case. there's a massive problem with overclassification where the government is just reflexively classifying any...
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break down the findings for us. some of the murders he was found guilty of, some of them he was not. >> reporter: yeah, these -- they all fell sort of under this racketeering charge, which is a catch all. there were 19 murders. he was found guilty of committing or being co-conspirator in 11 of them. this all during the time when he was reported to be an fbi informant. we're now hearing outside of the courthouse from some of the victims' families. we heard from pat donahue. her husband michael was one of the murders that was proven in this case. she says today she really feels like she got justice. we also heard from steven davis. he's been very vocal through all of this. his sister debra was murdered, but that was the one charge that was found no finding. so it wasn't proven or not proven. the jury just couldn't reach a finding on that. so he was understandably disappointed. he said, though, you really can't find closure in a case like this. there's no way to bring them back. and he also pointed out that he thinks t
break down the findings for us. some of the murders he was found guilty of, some of them he was not. >> reporter: yeah, these -- they all fell sort of under this racketeering charge, which is a catch all. there were 19 murders. he was found guilty of committing or being co-conspirator in 11 of them. this all during the time when he was reported to be an fbi informant. we're now hearing outside of the courthouse from some of the victims' families. we heard from pat donahue. her husband...
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you just have to delay us, deny us access, slow us down, make it too costly. so we have some disadvantages that we have to work through. the way the pentagon is set up, that's money. >> as the saying goes, what's old is new. you touched on this a little bit. this is what you've been writing about, going back to this conventional warfare. are we talking about going back and fighting wars like we did in 1776? what does this mean? i mean, i have two brothers that serve in the navy. this is really interesting to me. you talk about how prepared we are now. a lot of that is due to the time spent in iraq and afghanistan. why would we go back to the old way of doing things? >> you train for who you think you're going to fight next. talking about projecting power and the advantage goes to the defense, 1776, the united states was born from that concept. really, what they're looking at doing is making sure they can do both, making sure that china, north korea, iran, they don't think that they can get away with a more aggressive foreign policy, that we would be forced to
you just have to delay us, deny us access, slow us down, make it too costly. so we have some disadvantages that we have to work through. the way the pentagon is set up, that's money. >> as the saying goes, what's old is new. you touched on this a little bit. this is what you've been writing about, going back to this conventional warfare. are we talking about going back and fighting wars like we did in 1776? what does this mean? i mean, i have two brothers that serve in the navy. this is...
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talk to us today. >>> all right. before the break, we showed you this picture of an unassuming clean-cut 14-year-old young man who's now sitting in prison for life for some of the most gruesome and notorious murders this country has ever seen. this was charles manson then before he and members of his mostly female commune went on a two-night killing spree 44 years ago this week. the case went on to capture the nation's attention and propel manson into the spotlight he always craved. out today is a new book drawing on exclusive interviews and sources to reveal new details about the manson family murders and through never before seen photos creating a very creepy portrait of the man himself. joining us know is the author of "manson: the life and times of charles manson" jeff gwen. great to have you here. fascinating, years later we're still trying to understand this man who turned into a monster. you talk to people close to him, his sister, his friends. you want to demystify this man. what did you learn we don't alread
talk to us today. >>> all right. before the break, we showed you this picture of an unassuming clean-cut 14-year-old young man who's now sitting in prison for life for some of the most gruesome and notorious murders this country has ever seen. this was charles manson then before he and members of his mostly female commune went on a two-night killing spree 44 years ago this week. the case went on to capture the nation's attention and propel manson into the spotlight he always craved....
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future and fall into the hands of terrorists who might use them against us. we're not considering any open-ended commitment. we're not considering any boots on the ground approach. what we will do is consider options that meet the narrow concern around chemical weapons. >> washington had been banking on the u.k. to assist in a strike on syria, but the british parliament said no, we're not going along with that. they voted against military action. we still have france and turkey with us, but the arab league says they will not back retaliatory military strike, denying obama the valuable cover that he thought he was going to get. earlier this afternoon after meeting with the president and the national security council, secretary of state john kerry delivered the administration's most powerful statement to date on this matter. >> we know that the regime has used those weapons multiple times this year. we know that for three days before the attack, the syrian regime's chemical weapons personnel were on the ground, in the area making preparations. we know the syria
future and fall into the hands of terrorists who might use them against us. we're not considering any open-ended commitment. we're not considering any boots on the ground approach. what we will do is consider options that meet the narrow concern around chemical weapons. >> washington had been banking on the u.k. to assist in a strike on syria, but the british parliament said no, we're not going along with that. they voted against military action. we still have france and turkey with us,...